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The final poem in the original edition was the multi-part “The Wanderer: A Rococo Study,” which had been written before the other pieces. For ''The Collected Earlier Poems'' (New Directions, 1966), it was extracted from the section containing ''Al Que Quiere!'' and instead moved to the front to stand on its own.
The final poem in the original edition was the multi-part “The Wanderer: A Rococo Study,” which had been written before the other pieces. For ''The Collected Earlier Poems'' (New Directions, 1966), it was extracted from the section containing ''Al Que Quiere!'' and instead moved to the front to stand on its own.


==Table of contents==
==List of poems==
{{div col|4}}
:“Sub Terra”
*"Sub Terra"
:“Spring Song”
*"Spring Song"
:“The Shadow”
*"The Shadow"
:“Pastoral” (When I was younger…)
*"Pastoral" (When I was younger...)
:“Chicory and Daisies”
*"Chicory and Daisies"
:“Wieners"
*"Wieners"
:“Pastoral” (The little sparrows…)
*"Pastoral" (The little sparrows...)
:“Love Song” (Daisies are broken…)
*"Love Song" (Daisies are broken...)
:“Gulls”
*"Gulls"
:“Winter Sunset”
*"Winter Sunset"
:“In Harbor”
*"In Harbor"
:“Tract”
*"Tract"
:“Apology”
*"Apology"
:“Promenade”
*"Promenade"
:“Libertad! Igualidad! Fraternidad!”
*"Libertad! Igualidad! Fraternidad!"
:“Summer Song”
*"Summer Song"
:“The Young Housewife”
*"The Young Housewife"
:“Love Song” (Sweep the house clean…)
*"Love Song" (Sweep the house clean...)
:“Dawn”
*"Dawn"
:“Hero”
*"Hero"
:“Drink”
*"Drink"
:“El Hombre”
*"El Hombre"
:“Winter Quiet”
*"Winter Quiet"
:“A Prelude”
*"A Prelude"
:“Trees”
*"Trees"
:“Canthara”
*"Canthara"
:“M. B.”
*"M. B."
:“Good Night”
*"Good Night"
:“Keller Gegen Dom”
*"Keller Gegen Dom"
:“Danse Russe”
*"Danse Russe"
:“Mujer”
*"Mujer"
:“Portrait of a Woman in Bed”
*"Portrait of a Woman in Bed"
:“Virtue”
*"Virtue"
:“Smell!”
*"Smell!"
:“The Ogre”
*"The Ogre"
:“Sympathetic Portrait of a Child”
*"Sympathetic Portrait of a Child"
:“Riposte”
*"Riposte"
:“K. McB.”
*"K. McB."
:“The Old Men”
*"The Old Men"
:“Spring Stains”
*"Spring Stains"
:“A Portrait in Greys”
*"A Portrait in Greys"
:“Pastoral” (If I say I have heard voices…)
*"Pastoral" (If I say I have heard voices...)
:“January Morning”
*"January Morning"
:“To a Solitary Disciple”
*"To a Solitary Disciple"
:“Ballet”
*"Ballet"
:“Dedication for a Plot of Ground”
*"Dedication for a Plot of Ground"
:“Conquest”
*"Conquest"
:“First Version: 1915”
*"First Version: 1915"
:“Love Song” (I lie here thinking of you:–)
*"Love Song" (I lie here thinking of you:–)
:“The Wanderer: A Rococo Study” (Advent, Clarity, Broadway, The Strike, Abroad, Soothsay, St. James’ Grove)
*"The Wanderer: A Rococo Study" (Advent, Clarity, Broadway, The Strike, Abroad, Soothsay, St. James' Grove)
{{div col end}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:04, 19 March 2013

1st edition

Al Que Quiere! is a collection of 52 poems by William Carlos Williams, published in 1917 by the Four Seas Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Williams paid $50 to the publisher.[1] The original edition announces, "Many of the poems in this book have appeared in magazines, especially in Poetry, Others, The egoist, and The Poetry Journal."

Williams's translation of the title is "To Him Who Wants It." He wrote of this, "I have always associated it with a figure on a soccer field: to him who wants the ball to be passed to him. [...] I was convinced nobody in the world of poetry wanted me but I was there willing to pass the ball if anyone did want it."[2]

In this early work, Williams is still finding his voice, still experimenting with a variety of styles and approaches, but has eliminated "[r]hyme, conventional meter, figurative language, [and] literary associations."[3]

The final poem in the original edition was the multi-part “The Wanderer: A Rococo Study,” which had been written before the other pieces. For The Collected Earlier Poems (New Directions, 1966), it was extracted from the section containing Al Que Quiere! and instead moved to the front to stand on its own.

List of poems

  • "Sub Terra"
  • "Spring Song"
  • "The Shadow"
  • "Pastoral" (When I was younger...)
  • "Chicory and Daisies"
  • "Wieners"
  • "Pastoral" (The little sparrows...)
  • "Love Song" (Daisies are broken...)
  • "Gulls"
  • "Winter Sunset"
  • "In Harbor"
  • "Tract"
  • "Apology"
  • "Promenade"
  • "Libertad! Igualidad! Fraternidad!"
  • "Summer Song"
  • "The Young Housewife"
  • "Love Song" (Sweep the house clean...)
  • "Dawn"
  • "Hero"
  • "Drink"
  • "El Hombre"
  • "Winter Quiet"
  • "A Prelude"
  • "Trees"
  • "Canthara"
  • "M. B."
  • "Good Night"
  • "Keller Gegen Dom"
  • "Danse Russe"
  • "Mujer"
  • "Portrait of a Woman in Bed"
  • "Virtue"
  • "Smell!"
  • "The Ogre"
  • "Sympathetic Portrait of a Child"
  • "Riposte"
  • "K. McB."
  • "The Old Men"
  • "Spring Stains"
  • "A Portrait in Greys"
  • "Pastoral" (If I say I have heard voices...)
  • "January Morning"
  • "To a Solitary Disciple"
  • "Ballet"
  • "Dedication for a Plot of Ground"
  • "Conquest"
  • "First Version: 1915"
  • "Love Song" (I lie here thinking of you:–)
  • "The Wanderer: A Rococo Study" (Advent, Clarity, Broadway, The Strike, Abroad, Soothsay, St. James' Grove)

References

  1. ^ Williams. I Wanted to Write a Poem: The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet, pg. 18. New Directions, 1967.
  2. ^ Williams. I Wanted to Write a Poem: The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet, pg. 19. New Directions, 1967.
  3. ^ Breslin, James E.B. William Carlos Williams: An American Artist. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970.